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As of now we can jailbreak iOS 5 but it’s just untethered. Like many of you, I’m waiting for the untethered jailbreak solution for the latest version of iOS. Finally we had some good news from the Chronic Dev team. If you haven’t heard of Chronic team, the team members are the creators of the popular Greenpois0n jailbreak tool.

Not long ago, the team has put up a demo video showing the highly-anticipated untethered jailbreak.

Earlier, @musclenerd from iPhone Dev team has announced a major update for Redsn0w, one of the popular jailbreak tools. The update is expected to be released by Monday and it will bring some nice features to the jailbreak utility.

Will be pushing out a major redsn0w feature upgrade before my trip to Korea: http://is.gd/PMAdT1 (and look, no IPSW selection button!)

Nicholas Allegra, otherwise known as comex, is the boy genius behind the web-based iOS hacker app JailbreakMe. Plenty of iOS jailbreaks exist, such as redsn0w and Blackra1n, but none are as seamlessly presented to the public via an easily-accessible website like the one devised by Allegra/comex. The underground achievement of JailbreakMe and JailbreakMe 2.0 is a testament to the ingenious implications of cloud computing; simplicity, user-friendliness, and software immortality.

Every day, I receive questions about iPhone jailbreak and unlocking. What’s jailbreaking? How do you jailbreak iPhone? Is jailbreaking legal? What tools should I use for jailbreaking? Why do we need jailbreaking? Can you show me the detailed guide to jailbreaking my iPhone running iOS x.x? These are some of the frequently-asked questions about jailbreaking.

I think it’s good to write up a FAQ for any of you looking for jailbreaking information. I’ve come up with the idea for a long time but am really lazy to get it done. Finally here is the complete guide for jailbreak iPhone. I try my best to cover all common questions and show you all the available references in this guide. If you find any is missing, just drop me a comment and let me know.

Well you may know that iOS 5 beta 3 is already out for developers, so has the iPhone Dev Team clinched on to the uphill task by launching the lastest build of Redsn0w jailbreak software – version 0.9.8 beta 2 – that has the ability to support tethered jailbreaking on iOS 5 beta 3 running on any iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 [GSM/CDMA] and the original first-gen iPad (and iPod touch too).

A few hours ago, the iPhone Dev team released an update for redsn0w. You can now jailbreak iOS 4.3.3 for most iOS devices including iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Most importantly, it supports untethered jailbreak.

As usual, we’ll walk you through the whole jailbreak process with this tutorial post. But before we begin, let us highlight several points:

This guide is intended to jailbreaking iPhone 4 and 3GS running iOS 4.3.3. But it should also work for iPad (1st generation) and iPod touch (3G/4G). Just make sure you download the correct firmware.

If you depend on ultrasn0w unlocking, please stay away from jailbreaking with redsn0w. You should use PwnageTool instead that lets you create a custom IPSW while preserving the baseband version. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, just stay with your current iOS version. Don’t upgrade to 4.3.3, otherwise, you’ll lose the unlock.

Make sure you use iTunes 10.2 or up for the jailbreak. As usual, backup all your contacts, sms, photos, etc via iTunes before jailbreaking.

Disclaimer: Jailbreaking may void your warranty of iPhone. Again, jailbreak it at your own risk. There is no guarantee that this guide works on all iPhone devices.

Earlier, the iPhone Dev team has released the untethered jailbreak tool to jailbreak iOS 4.3.2. It’s a little bit late for us to put up the guide. Anyway, here we are. We’ll walk you through the whole jailbreak process with the complete guide to jailbreak iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS using Redsn0w.

Before we begin, please read through the note carefully:

This guide is intended to jailbreaking iPhone 4 and 3GS running iOS 4.3.2. But it should also work for iPad (1st generation) and iPod touch (3G/4G).

If you depend on ultrasn0w unlocking, please stay away from jailbreaking with redsn0w. You should create a custom IPSW using PwnageTool that allows you to preserve the baseband version. If you don’t know what we’re talking about, just stay with your current iOS version. Don’t upgrade to 4.3.2, otherwise, you’ll lose the unlock.

Make sure you use iTunes 10.0 or up for the jailbreak. If you are using older version of iTunes, please upgrade it first. You can download the latest version of iTunes from Apple.

As usual, before jailbreaking, make sure you have backup all your contacts, sms, photos, etc via iTunes. Simply sync your iPhone and backup the iPhone data.

Disclaimer: Jailbreaking may void your warranty of iPhone. Again, jailbreak it at your own risk. There is no guarantee that this guide works on all iPhone devices.

Just four days after Apple released the iOS 4.3.2, the iPhone Dev team today rolls out an update of redsn0w to support untethered jailbreaking for the latest version of iOS.

Except the iPad 2, as mentioned in the release note, the redsn0w 0.9.6 RC14 should support jailbreaking for all iOS devices including iPhone3GS, iPhone4 (GSM), iPod touch 3G/4G, as well as, iPad 1 running on iOS 4.3.2.

After the Dev-Team had released the untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.3.1 on all iOS devices from iPhone to iPad(except iPad 2) their next objective was to update Ultrasn0w to work on iOS 4.3.1. They have finally achieved it, and after final testing Ultrasn0w 1.2.1 is now live in Cydia for us to download.

If you own an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3G/3GS that is not factory unlocked, you can install Ultrasn0w to use it with any carrier. The only requirement is an iPhone running jailbroken iOS 4.3.1.

iPhone 4 users must take extra care while updating to iOS 4.3.1 as they need to prevent the baseband from upgrading. This update only brings iOS 4.3.1 support to basebands which could be unlocked earlier. So even now, only baseband version 01.59.00 can be unlocked on iPhone 4.

This guide, will show you how to jailbreak iOS 4.3.1 using PwnageTool 4.3. This will only work on Macs. Windows users must use Redsn0w or Sn0wbreeze. Here’s why you should use PwnageTool:

If you use Ultrasn0w to unlock your iPhone 4, it is important that you do not upgrade your baseband while updating the iOS firmware version to 4.3.1. PwnageTool creates a custom IPSW which will preserve your baseband at 1.59.00 during update.

If you want to jailbreak Apple TV 2G, then this is the only tool that you can use.